by Tamsin Baker
I walked around the huge bed, crawled across the mattress, and patted the center. “On your belly here, Laura.”
She rolled over, looking hot and flushed, yet strangely satisfied as she moved into the position I wanted.
Oh, yum... She looked absolutely delicious laid out before me.
I ran my hand down her spine. Such smooth, soft skin. Such amazingly succulent curves of flesh, all flowing smoothly over her body.
I loved it all.
The curve of her spine, her plump ass, her long legs. All of it spoke of femininity and fertility. My lion wanted to mount her, bite her, claim her, and I realized with a small amount of surprise, so did my human side.
I lay over her back and set my teeth to the side of her neck.
Laura arched up so that her spine was plastered against my chest and panted out, “Harder, please.”
Oh, hell yes!
I slid my fingers over her hip and cupped her ass, loving the feel of the flesh in my palm. “Fuck, you’re hot,” I told her before doing as she asked and sucking her neck harder, knowing I was marking her and loving the feeling of it as her salty skin filled my mouth.
I grunted and bit her harder, exulting in the way her hand came up and cupped my head to hold me closer.
I needed to be inside her.
Now.
Chapter Nine
Brandon
I slid on top of my mate and spread her legs with my knees. She tilted her pelvis up and bumped her ass against my stomach in an invitation as old as sin itself. She wanted me too, and both parts of me, both the shifter and the human, wanted to cry out in relief and gratiude.
My heart pumped blood fast along my veins as I moved back and pulled Laura up on her knees so that I could stare at her pussy.
“Oh, fuck, that’s hot.”
I spread her cheeks and watched her pussy open for me. Her juices glistened against her lips and lit the way to heaven.
“Stop looking at me.” Laura tried to move and close her legs.
Paradise was disappearing. “No way. You’re fucking beautiful.”
I looked over at my brother and tilted my head. Tyler slid onto the bed and kneeled next to Laura, holding out his cock to her.
Not what I was meaning, but good enough.
“Would you suck me too, gorgeous?” Tyler asked.
She looked over her shoulder at me, worry furrowing her brow. I grinned at her. “Suck him, beautiful. Then I get to fuck your luscious body and make you feel good.”
I ran my fingers between her legs, tracing the wet contours and pressing on her clit, making her gasp. I loved how responsive she was.
“Protection?” she asked.
I shrugged. I didn’t want anything between us.
“We can’t carry diseases... because of the lion genes. But I’ll pull out for pregnancy protection.”
The last thing we wanted was a baby to complicate things.
Something wild flashed in Laura’s eyes for a moment. “I’m on the pill for health reasons. If you’re sure you’re healthy...”
I nodded again. “I promise. I wouldn’t lie.”
“Okay then.” Laura stared at me for one long moment, as though assessing my honesty, then she looked back at Tyler.
The old fears washed over me. I’d never left my seed inside a woman before. Mostly because I didn’t trust any of the others not to get pregnant, but also because I reserved that closeness for my mate.
Our mate.
But did we want to assume everything was fine, already?
Probably best to wait and see.
Laura opened her mouth for Tyler and my twin slid his cock straight between her lips and it affected me like it was my own cock getting sucked. My flesh ached and hardened, even with no contact.
I glanced away, sounds of pleasure filling the air as I continued to stroke Laura’s clit and she made Tyler moan.
I didn’t know why I wasn’t diving straight in after all this waiting, but then my mouth began to water and I realized I needed more. “I need to taste you.”
I fell to my stomach and slid my tongue over her clit. It was swollen and slick, tasting of honeysuckle and sin—a perfect combination to make my head spin. I flicked over the beautiful bud until Laura was crying out to me.
“Brandon! Please!”
That’s what I needed to hear.
I kneeled behind her once more and set my cock head to her entrance. I inhaled, savoring this moment. Then I slowly pressed the throbbing shaft into her pussy.
Laura moaned around Tyler’s cock and pushed back against me, the move so carnal and hot that I growled deep in my chest.
Control! You’re not a fucking horny teenager anymore!
I gripped her hips and held her there, rocking my pelvis so only the head entered her. Over and over again I flexed my hips, torturing myself and Laura with too-shallow penetration.
She was tight and hot, so sweet and too perfect.
Everything I’d feared she would be.
Everything in me wanted to scream that I’d found who we’d been looking for.
Too soon, you idiot. Too early to be sure.
“Do you want it, baby? Do you want my cock in your juicy cunt?”
I continued to rock gently, letting her have the first few inches and controlling it with every bit of strength I had.
The moment had to be unforgettable for both of us. I never wanted her to forget the first time I took her.
“Yes! Brandon! Please!”
Laura pulled her mouth off Tyler’s cock long enough to speak, and it was everything I could ever want.
I grinned, grabbed her hips and thrust home.
Laura came, her back arching up as she pressed back against me, her pussy clamping down on me so tightly it felt like she was trying to squeeze my cock off.
I panted and gripped her hips hard, reining my orgasm in. As long as I held still, I had hope.
Come on... come on. Don’t. Please.
It just felt so damn good!
When I regained enough control to continue without blowing on the spot, I pulled back and slammed in again. She was perfect. So exciting in her moans and the way she tilted her pelvis up for me.
I began to fuck her... really fuck her, and she took it. Each thrust made my balls bang against her ass and pleasure ricocheted through my body, starting at my cock and spreading out in waves of sensation.
Sweat dripped down my back as I thrust deeper and deeper, feeling a flowing connection between us that was hard to put into words.
I couldn’t seem to get close enough to her.
I heard a cry and looked up to watch Tyler come in Laura’s mouth. Our greedy little girl swallowed him down and finally drew back to look over her shoulder at me.
She smiled, then turned away, dropping her head down on the bed and reaching back to connect with me. She linked our fingers together at her hip where I held her and a jolt of electricity shivered along my arm, like the closing link of a circuit falling into place.
Laura fell forward and tilted her hips up, crying out as I gripped her hard and fucked her until she screamed. “I’m going to come again. Oh, God!”
Her pussy clenched down on me and I rode through the waves until my own ocean crashed down upon me.
No hope stopping it this time.
I pulled out with only a moment to spare, pressing the head of my cock to the base of her spine and coming over her creamy skin in hot spurts that made my eyes roll back in my head.
“Oh. My. God.”
Exhaustion swept over me at a rapid rate. I could barely stay upright. I swayed on my knees where I knelt behind her.
Tyler was already laying down next to Laura, whispering to her, loving her.
I staggered to the bathroom, toweled my sweating face, wet a washcloth for my lover, and made it back to the bed. I wiped Laura’s back and threw the square of material toward the bathroom.
Made it...
I fell onto the bed and crawled up to her, drawing Laura onto
my chest with the last of my strength. I took deep breaths to slow my thundering heart and tried not to make conclusions about my future.
LAURA
I blinked back tears as ecstasy threatened to consume my heart.
Never had I experienced such intense feelings of belonging, of rightness. I was exactly where I was supposed to be, and precisely who I was meant to be with. This was the most perfect moment in my life.
I lay with my head on Brandon’s shoulder, his arm around my waist and his lips caressing my forehead. “I don’t...I can’t believe...” I bit my lip as tears welled in my eyes again.
Pull yourself together.
Brandon chuckled and wrapped both arms around me tighter, the feeling of love and warmth swarming my senses until tears slid down my cheeks unchecked.
Yep, lost the battle there.
“You don’t believe what?” Tyler asked as he kissed the nape of my neck and stroked his hands down the tingling skin of my back.
“What is it, baby girl?”
I smiled at the deep sound of Brandon’s voice and rolled so that I had my head on his arm and I could look at Tyler.
“I can’t believe how amazing that was. I mean, it wasn’t just good sex, it was earth-shattering.”
Tyler smiled and ran a finger down my cheek. “I’ll be inside you next time.”
Brandon didn’t move one single millimeter beneath me and I frowned at his silence. I looked up to see his stony expression, then back at Tyler’s soft face. Something uncomfortable swirled within my belly.
“You aren’t jealous, are you? I assumed you were comfortable with this because you two suggested it.”
Tyler smiled at my. “There’s no jealousy, love—none.”
She looked up. “Brandon?”
His generous mouth twisted. “No, that’s not a problem.”
Then what was it?
“Is it what I said that’s worrying you? Is it always that amazing for you guys?”
Brandon grunted and began toying with my hair, stroking it over my shoulder and twirling the strands between his fingers.
Thanks, caveman. Eloquent response.
Tyler leaned forward and kissed me, moaning as he tasted my lips with his tongue, then drew back. “That was the most incredible sex of my life, Laura. You are an amazing lover.”
Relief filtered through me, welcome like sunshine on a stormy day.
I giggled in delight and gasped when Tyler began teasing my breasts with his fingertips.
I turned to Brandon and looked up at my blond-haired god. He wouldn’t look at me, concentrating on my hair instead.
I’d work him out, but for the moment, I was giving him the benefit of the doubt.
I grinned at them. “It’s not me who’s amazing! I’ve never come like that before. So hard and fast. How did you know how to do all the right things?”
Brandon finally met my gaze, his blue eyes guarded as he shrugged.
Tyler grasped my chin and pulled me to him. He shook his head at me. “It wasn’t us. It was you. I can’t speak for Brandon because we’ve never shared a woman before, but no one’s ever responded to me like that. Our chemistry is amazing.”
I lifted my hand and cupped Tyler’s jaw, a part of my attention still concentrating on the silent man at my back. “Thank you, my love.”
Tyler’s eyes widened, then his face melted before I could call back the words. Damn... I was in so deep with these guys.
Now to deal with the moody, silent one.
I rolled onto Brandon’s supine body. His hot skin pressed into my breasts, fissions of pleasure dancing along my nerves where we connected.
I placed my hands down on either side of his head so I could look directly into his amazing blue eyes.
“Fuck, you’re gorgeous,” I blurted out, and watched my man’s cheeks flush with heat.
How did this big Neanderthal get so affected by such simple compliments?
“Thank you for giving so much to me, Brandon.”
He grunted and reached up to draw me down, kissing me deeply so that continuing my speech was no longer possible.
I’d have to wait for the words from this one.
I knew he wanted me, and I felt loved and safe in his arms. Time would tell if he really was the partner I needed.
Finally, I pulled back to draw breath and a yawn escaped my mouth. “Sorry.”
Brandon chuckled and twisted us so that I ended up in front of him, my back to his chest, both of us lying on our sides.
“Sleep,” Brandon demanded. “I get up at five and I’m gone by five-thirty. What time do you need to head off, beautiful?”
Heat stole across my cheeks as pleasure lifted my heart. He wanted me to stay.
Tyler lay on his side facing me and took one of my hands with his, linking our fingers and stroking my cheek with his other hand.
“Ah...about seven-thirty.”
Brandon’s hand stayed tight around my belly, and I began slipping down into sleep until a thought shot into my brain.
My eyes sprung open. “We didn’t talk about the lion thing!”
“Trust me, it’s not going anywhere. We can talk about that anytime.
Brandon shuffled closer, his pelvis tucking into my ass and spooning me from head to foot. Even his shins ran along my calves.
I let out a sigh as tingles spread through my body. I relaxed against him like a piece of pasta under boiling water.
“You’re a perfect fit.” His tone was joking, yet I heard the words and knew they were true.
I wiggled my ass, settling in properly and let my eyes close.
I supposed I could wait until morning to talk about the animal thing. What was the difference—they weren’t going anywhere and neither was I.
“Yeah, you’re pretty perfect, too.”
BRANDON
I woke up at five like clockwork, with a sense of warmth and happiness filling me. That’s new.
I blinked in the darkness and became aware of the difference this morning brought. There was a soft female body pressed against my chest and groin, my hand still possessively cupping her warm, silky thigh.
I usually woke up cleanly and quickly, ready to get up and go as soon as my eyes were open.
This morning, however, I leaned forward and inhaled the smell of Laura’s hair and let my eyes slide shut again.
I’d never felt like this before—warm and happy. Home.
Within my chest there was a small amount of panic fluttering around the edges of the contentment that dragged at me like a delirium fever.
I eased back from the warmth of the cocoon the three of us had made in the center of the bed with reluctance still tugging at my heart.
This bed was so much more comfortable than my other mattress, and hopefully now that we’d shown Laura who we were, she’d move in with us and we’d sleep here from now on.
Yeah, simple. Right?
I crept across the carpet and glanced back to see Laura wriggle closer to Tyler, obviously seeking to replace the heat I’d provided.
Fucking work.
I swallowed the frustrated groan in my throat so I didn’t wake them up and went to my bedroom to quickly shower and dress. By the time I’d stepped out the front door and got into my truck, the sun’s light was peeking across the mountains.
Something was missing. I checked the essentials. Wallet. Keys. Cell phone. Yep, all present.
Then what could it be?
I searched inside myself, then huffed out a laugh when I realized what it was.
Every day for the past decade, I had been battling something akin to depression. I’d never admitted to it to anyone, and had certainly never spoken the words aloud. Not even to Tyler.
I’d filled the void with alcohol, work, friends, exercise, sex.
But it was always there, eating at me whenever I was alone.
I sat in the driver’s seat and searched for the black hole that had been chasing me for a decade like a relentless Pac-Man.
&
nbsp; “Fucking hell!” I burst out laughing, the sound coming from deep within my gut as I started the truck.
It was gone!
Who’d have known that finding my mate would fix that?
I drove to work filled with peace and an excitement for my world that I’d never felt before.
Chapter Ten
Tyler
I blinked my eyes awake, my cock throbbing against my belly with a morning hard-on.
“Good morning.” Laura’s smiling face beamed at me as her hand explored my shaft with confident strokes and caresses.
I rolled on top of her, knocking her flat as our bodies connected.
Her legs opened with invitation before she wrapped them around my waist and her elegant fingers slid up my arms and around my neck, keeping me close.
Damn... what a wake up.
I shivered at the intent in her moves and love flowed through our connection. I dropped my head to kiss the soft lips she tilted up for me.
I whispered against her mouth, “I love how you do that.”
Laura arched her back to get closer, her huge, soft breasts pressing into my chest. “Do what?” she asked, running her hands through my hair and making my scalp prickle.
I shivered again as hot sensations slid over my skin.
Then Laura moved her hips so that my cock butted up against her opening. I pressed my pelvis forward and found her wet and hot.. “Touch me like...that.”
I gasped loudly as I slid into her warmth, the hot clasp of her body making me want to blow from one stroke.
Oh, wow. She feels even better than I imagined.
“Ahhh...” Laura dragged her nails along my arms and tilted her pelvis up for a deeper penetration. I panted for breath as waves of pleasure rolled over me.
I held onto my control through sheer will and began to thrust.
I rolled my hips in a way I hoped she’d like, aiming for contact with her clit with each downward stroke
I took a shuddering breath, closed my eyes, and lay my forehead against Laura’s. Being with this woman was like slipping into a warm bath after being surrounded by ice for years.
Her need to touch me, to give me pleasure and share love with me, was such a foreign concept. My previous lovers were selfish, often cold. They’d loved receiving pleasure, but I soon realized they didn’t care about me. As long as they received the orgasms they sought, they were happy.
